WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF HELLENIC METAL

As many local scenes of different countries are praised for their contribution for our beloved music, METAL, Greece's scene always had a shadowy existence. Information on this subject wasn´t easy to find in English even until 2005, the starting year of this site! The main reason for the realisation was, back at that time, the need to present the HELLENIC BLACK METAL scene, which emerged in the early 1990's and drew attention in the worlwide underground metal scene, due to its unique way of sound. Unlike the Norwegian Black Metal scene, which attracted the masses and became the norm in Black Metal, the status of the Greek scene always remained rooted in the underground. Our first attempt was to inform metal fans worldwide about that "forgotten" Hellenic Black/Death Metal scene. Soon we realised, that the Greek metal scene had a lot more to offer.

So here we are today and www.hellenicmetal.tk features a broad range of reviews from Greek metal bands, no matter if they play Power, Thrash, Death, Black, or Gothic Metal, Hard/Metalcore and even bands which don't play metal, but are somehow connected to our beloved scene. To capture the "spirit" of the scene, it is necessary to review not only the albums, but to take also a look to EP's, demos and split releases! Our focal point is still the Hellenic Black/Death Metal scene, so we particularly recommend you to read the "Hellenic Black Metal" articles, who give a good introduction to some of the most essential Hellenic albums.

We are not a magazine with a big staff and big budget, so it cannot be our goal to be always up to date, regarding news and reviews. Nevertheless, we are the only anglophone website on the WWW, that informs merely about the Greek metal scene, from present releases and more important, from the past! Our reviews surpassed the number 400!

Bands and fans, get in touch!